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Singapore at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

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Singapore at the
1992 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeSIN
NPCSingapore Disability Sports Council
in Barcelona
Competitors4 in 1 sport
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Singapore competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. 4 competitors from Singapore won no medals and so did not place in the medal table.[1][2]

Disability classifications

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Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[3][4] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[5]

Athletics

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Name Event and disability code Round reached Position Result
Ong Bah Lee
Raja Singh
Tang See Chong
Derek Yzelman

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Singapore - National Paralympic Committee". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. ^ "IPC Historical Results Archive (Paralympians search function, Country: Singapore, Competition: Barcelona 1992)". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  5. ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.